Re: Overclocking VAXen

From: Bill Gunshannon (bill_at_cs.uofs.edu)
Date: 05/23/03 

Date: 23 May 2003 20:42:57 GMT

In article <bals25$vnm$1@pcls4.std.com>,
        moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) writes:
>
> Out of sheer curiosity, if a normal "shrink" process could be done on a
> Microvax 2 chip (or better, the latest NVAX) to modern standards, about
> what speed could it theoretically be clocked at, and how many VUPs could
> it be (if paired with modern memory/cache/etc.)

I've often wondered this myself but carried it one step further and
wondered the same about the PDP-11. And then you have to wonder if
you had this and they had finished the MP PDP-11 work as well. :-)

bill 

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